The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 23 and ends on Oct 7. Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn ...
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Lin Zhaohua, an eminent Chinese stage director known for his sharp flavor in plays, will debut Yinding Qiao (Yinding Bridge) at Beijing's Poly Theater on Oct 2. The city's landmark attraction of Yinding Bridge, which is located over a ...
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China may submit Wolf Totem, a co-production between China and France, as its 2016 Academy Awards best foreign language film entry after it was announced that another contender lost the bid late Tuesday. The producers of Mountains May ...
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Video streaming site Youku Tudou will launch its first large-scale music festival next month. The Dream Music Festival is a series of offline gigs that the Chinese company will hold in Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan, where 36 solo singers ...
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A fragrant osmanthus exhibition kicked off on Thursday in the Summer Palace in the northwestern suburbs of Beijing to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. A total of 72 century-old osmanthus plants and more than ...
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The 6th China Beijing International Art Biennale opened its doors on Sept 24 at the National Art Museum of China. It is themed "Memory and Dreams". The thematic exhibition features 685 pieces of art from 96 countries. The exhibition ...
More than 1.57 million fans on the Chinese mainland watched the live streaming of a recent concert as eight young women from Girls' Generation, in thigh-high leather boots, black denim shorts and plaid shirts, sang and danced to the music ...
Actor He Shan is a big fan of Woody Allen. He has what one can call a small collection of his movies, music and theater works. In 2013, He read a book, which had Chinese translations of three of Allen's one-act plays, Riverside Driver, Old ...
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No matter what soothes your soul, the classic or beyond the mainstream, come and be spoiled for choice at the Beijing Music Festival, says Chen Jie. For music lovers, Beijing has too many choices, from high-brow classical to underground ...
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Chinese archaeologists are set to start a new round of underwater excavation after a famed late Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) warship was discovered in the depths of the Yellow Sea. The shipwreck that was code-named "Dandong No 1" has been ...
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Street performers say licenses provide a place to show off their talentsand some much-needed social recognition, reports Li Xueqing in Shanghai. One Friday afternoon in September, Xing Zhenhua opened his guitar case and began singing in ...
The National Day week has provided rich pickings for local filmmakers with homegrown movies overcoming competition from Hollywood, Xu Fan reports. The challenge from Hollywood has been a longtime concern for Chinese filmmakers. But the ...
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Sixty-five years after the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), an upcoming TV series pays homage to the martyrs and veterans of that conflict. The 38th Parallel, a 40-episode drama named after the ...
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Zhang Lei (center) holds up the trophy as he is crowned the winner of the fourth season of reality music talent show Voice of China at the National Stadium in Beijing on Oct 7.
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A Shaolin monk lifts boiled corn from a pan to distribute to tourists at the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, Henan province, Oct 7, 2015. The corn was harvested recently on the temple's farm, and the monks wanted to share their joy.
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